Cigar-packing machine.



Patented Apr. I, 902.

L E B A G G 8 6 6 9 6 0 N CIGAR PACKING MACHINE.

(Application filad June 5, 1901.)

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oTo-uma. WASHINGYON o c No. 696.868. Patented Apr. 1, I902.

6 J. 6. GABEL.

CIGAR. PACKING MACHINE.

(Application filed June 5, 1901. (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Slhaet 2.

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JOHN G. GABEL, OF HOLTON, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,868, dated April 1,1902. Application filed June 5, 1901. Serial No. 63,299. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN G. GABEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holton, in the county of Jackson and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Packing Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others-skilled in theart to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of machines or devices comprisingmeans by which cigars may be reduced in bulk by compression andtransferred when so reduced to the boxes in which it is customary topack them.

To this end the invention contemplates an improved cigar-packing machineor device of a simple and practical construction, while at the same timeinvolving a wide range of adjustment, whereby the said machine isadapted for packing cigars for dilferent sizes of cigar-boxes, as wellas having an adjustment to suit the sizes of the cigars to be packed fora particular size of cigar-box.

With these and many other objects in View, which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood,the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated,and claimed. In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigar-packingmachine embodying the improvements contemplated by the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the machine,indicating by dotted lines one means of holding the cigars in theirpacked or compressed condition for convenient transferring of the sameto the cigar-box. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View on the line 3 3of Fig. 2. Fig. at is a detail in perspective of the open box-body withthe follower slide and adjustable headblock removed. Fig. 5 is a similarview of the slide. Fig. 0 is a similar view of the headblock.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in each of theviews of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention there is employed an open box-body 1 of ageneral rectan gula'r form and open at the top, front side,

and one end, said box-body essentially comprising a main bottom board 2,a longitudinally-arranged back 8, arising from the rear edge of the saidbottom board, and a stationaryorfixed end piece 4, arranged transverselyof the bottom board 2, contiguous to one end thereof, and suitablysecured at one edge to the back 3 and suitably braced at its front edgeto the main bottom board by means of the brace 5. These details might,however, be changed, as it is only essential to construct the box-bodyof the main bottom board 2, the longitudinal back 3, and the fixed endpiece 4. The lower edge of the fixed end piece 4 preferably terminatesshort of the upper side of the bottom board 2, as at 5, to looselyreceive and guide the follower-slide 6, slidably mounted fiat upon themain bottom board 2 and provided at one end with an uprightfollower-head 7, opposing the fixed end piece 4 ofthe box-body, andtherefore constituting, in effect, a movable end or head for the box toprovide for placing the proper pressure upon the cigars in the packingoperation.

To provide for the necessary movement and adjustment of thefollower-slide, there is as sociated with the same adjusting meanscarried by an adjustable head-block 8. This headblock is arrangedtransversely within the open end of the box-body at one side of theplane of the follower-head 7and is preferably provided at its base withthe guide-opening 9, slidably receiving a retaining-arm 10, projectingfrom one end of the follower-slide and serving to hold such end fromlateral movement or displacement. To secure a wide range of adjustmentfor the head-block 8, the same is adjustable longitudinally of thebox-body and is held fast in any set or adjusted position by thefastening devices 11 and 12, located, respectively, at the back andbottom of the boxbody. The back fastening device 11 simply consists of aclampiugscrew extending through the slot 13, formed in the back 3 of thebox-body, while the bottom fastening device 12 consists of aclamping-bolt, whose head let is seated flush within the longitudinalchannel 15, formed in the bottom of the boX Within thevertical plane ofthe longitudinal slot 16, through which the bolt extends. The said boltpasses upwardly through the base portion of the head-block and receivesthereon a binding-nut 17.

The head-block 8 is provided with a horizontal recess 18, in which ismounted on a vertical pivot 19 a horizontally-arranged pressure-cam 20,having a tangentially-disposed handle 21 for manipulating the same. Thesaid head-block is also provided with an unthreaded screw-opening 22,loosely receiving the setting-screw 23, having a swiveled connection 24at its inner end with the followerslide and carrying thereon betweensaid slide and the adjustable head-bl0ck a loose nut 25.

Various means may be resorted to for holding the cigars in their packedor compressed condition for transferral to the cigar-box; but a simpleexpedient is shown in the drawings and consists of the employment of thetape T, placed within the packing-box prior to the introduction of thecigars therein. Assuming the tape in position and the adjustablehead-block set where desired, the loose nut 25 is run against thehead-block and held stationary by the finger of one hand, while thesetting-screw 23 is manipulated with the other hand to provide foradjusting the follower-slide until the bottom row of cigars, consistingof the predetermined number, shall loosely fill the interval between thefixed end piece 4 and the follower-head 7. Then the remaining rows ofcigars are placed within the packing-box and the pressure-cammanipulated to compress or pack the same in the desired compass, itbeing noted that the loose nut 25 and the unthreaded opening 22 permitof the movement of the followerhead under the influence of thepressurecam. After the cigars have been suitably packed or compressedthe ends of the tape are brought together over the top of the bundle andthe same transferred to the cigar-box. It will be obvious that theconstruction as described adapts the machine for different thicknessesof cigars as well as for packing for different sizes of boxes.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cigar-packing machine, an open box, a follower-slide arrangedwithin the box, an adjustable head-block mounted within one end of thebox, a setting-screw carried by the head-block and cooperating with saidslide, and a pressure-cam also carried by the headblock and cooperatingwith said slide.

2. In a cigar-packing machine, the boxbody having a fixed end piece andprovided with a slide-opening, a follower-slide working through saidopening and having a head and a retaining-arm, an adjustable headblockmounted within the open end of the box, said head-block having aguide-opening for said retaining-arm, separate fastening devicesadjustably connecting the head-block with the back and bottom of thebox, and a setting-screw and a pressure device both supported by saidhead-block.

8. In a cigar-packing machine, an open box, a follower-slide arrangedwithin the box, a head-block arranged within one end of the box, asetting-screw loosely extending through the head-block and swiveled tothe followerslide, a loose nut arranged on the screw, and a pivotalpressure-cam supported by the headblock.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence'ot' two witnesses.

JOHN G. GABEL.

Witnesses:

S. T. BLACK, DAVID WARENTZ.

